Dial W for Wicked by Lotta Smith

Author:Lotta Smith [Smith, Lotta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

That evening, I was slouching on the sofa in the living room. Since leaving the FBI, I hadn’t had such a long and exhausting day. I didn’t have the motivation for cooking, so instead of forcing myself into the kitchen, I ended up paying a visit to the deli to order food. On the way home, I came across a drugstore. Under normal circumstances, I’d have just passed it, but for some reason I decided to drop by, and the next thing I knew, I’d purchased a pregnancy test—which was a huge mistake.

After taking a shower followed by a long bath in order to clean away the day’s dirt and sweat and get rid of the stray shards of glass in my hair, followed by a lovely dinner of meatloaf and some trendy-looking chopped salad, I went to the bathroom and used the test.

I was behind schedule on my period, and for some reason I couldn’t really verbalize, a part of me expected to see a positive result. Prepared to see two bars on the little stick that I’d peed on, when the test turned out to be negative with just a single bar, I was… well, depressed.

Trying my best not to think about the negative result, I wondered why I went to that deli instead of the one just across the street from the condo where we lived. Or I could’ve ordered something to the concierge. Instead, I bothered to go to the deli, and even took the time to visit the pharmacy and purchase that evil little stick….

As I went on with my fruitless thinking, I started to wonder why I wasn’t blessed with the skill to rewind time, or wisdom to know if some actions were going to disappoint me or not.

Also, I found myself missing Mom’s meatloaf, which disturbed me even more. I knew she was more than happy to fix plenty of meatloaf and bring it to us if only I’d made a call, but after seeing just the single bar on the kit and her excessive keenness for me to produce a new grandchild, and the apparent scenario that she’d bring Nana, Alicia, and her two girls, I decided to put off my craving for her meatloaf.

Rick was taking a phone call in his study, so Jackie and I were alone in the living room.

We were chatting about nothing, and I kept my mouth shut about my latest news—or no news at all.

When we fell in a companionable silence, she broke it by saying, “Hey, girlfriend, I know that look.” After returning home, she’d changed into cozy baby pink loungewear, complete with fluffy bunny slippers. “You’re in serious need of a quick sex fix. Want me to leave here for the night so you can have time alone, just the two of you?”

“Thanks for the offer, but no thanks,” I replied halfheartedly. “It’s just that I was mentally comparing tonight’s meatloaf from the deli and my mom’s.”

“Ah, you were thinking of food.” Jackie threw her head back and let out a hearty laugh.

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